The Elephant Clock

~ The Elephant Clock, Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari.

Calligrapher: Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif

Author: Badi’ al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (1136–1206)

Object Name: Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Date: dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315

Geography: Made in Syria

Culture: Islamic

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper